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OPEN SOCIETY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does open society mean?
• OPEN SOCIETY (noun)
The noun OPEN SOCIETY has 1 sense:
1. a society that allows its members considerable freedom (as in a democracy)
Familiarity information: OPEN SOCIETY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A society that allows its members considerable freedom (as in a democracy)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
America's open society has made it an easy target for terrorists
Hypernyms ("open society" is a kind of...):
society (an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization)
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